Using a voice to put a name to a face: The psycholinguistics of proper name comprehension

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 404-413

  Barr, Dale J ^a   Jackson, Laura ^a   Phillips, Isobel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Comprehension; Episodic memory; Perspective taking; Precedents; Proper names

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LINGUISTICS; MALE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, EPISODIC; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84889666731     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0031813     Document Type: Article

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